菲尔·克里斯曼是当今最优秀的文化评论家之一。或者，正如他上一本书《中西部未来》（Midwest Futures）的评论员所说，“他这一代人中最不受重视的作家之一。”
你也可以从Phil在《公益与犁》中的专栏文章，或他的病毒式文章《男人是什么样的？》中了解他，后者在他的新书《如何变得正常》中进行了改编。
克里斯曼的第二本书包括关于“如何成为白人”、“如何成为宗教人士”、“如何结婚”等的文章，以及上述内容的新版本。书中还对中庸文化、糟糕的电影、马克·费舍尔、基督教原教旨主义等进行了精彩的分析。
凭借对句法和散文的高度关注，这位博览群书的克里斯曼将看似轻松的风格与激进的开放性结合起来。在他机智、独创的笔下，看似“正常”的主题被呈现出异常，异常。
How to Be Normal: Essays
Phil Christman is one of the best cultural critics working today. Or, as a reviewer of his previous book, Midwest Futures, put it, “one of the most underappreciated writers of[his] generation.”
You may also know Phil from his columns in Commonweal and Plough, or his viral essay “What Is It Like To Be A Man?”, the latter adapted in his new book, How to Be Normal.
Christman’s second book includes essays on “How To Be White,” “How to Be Religious,” “How To Be Married,” and more, in addition to new versions of the above. Find in it also brilliant analyses of middlebrow culture, bad movies, Mark Fisher, Christian fundamentalism, and more.
With exquisite attention to syntax and prose, the astoundingly well-read Christman pairs a deceptively breezy style with radical openness. In his witty, original hands, seemingly “normal” subjects are rendered exceptional, and exceptionally.
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